The Victorian Playhouse was built ca. 1890 in downtown Atlanta. The playhouse has resided in Inman Park, Ansley Park, Brookwood Hills, and Buckhead, reflecting Atlanta's residential growth northward. In 1980, the William D. Ellis family donated it to the Atlanta Historical Society.
The playhouse is a typical folk Victorian building — a simple house type with applied Victorian decoration common in Georgia from 1890 to 1920. The house provides an architectural link between 1840s
Tullie Smith Farm and 1928
Swan House.
— Atlanta History Center
